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Thoughts on true necessity.
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I felt like I needed a space to express a thought in my mind where others can read it and contribute if they want to. This isn't something I want to write in my journal and struggle through by myself, so I'm writing it here, the last place on the internet that I have to express it.
I want to live a life one day where my only possessions are the things I need, so that I can have time freed up to focus on my own happiness. I truly believe that having a lot of "stuff" inhibits this.
So, I started with my online life first, where I spend the most of my time. I deleted my facebook. I deleted my blogs. I kept a couple of things, like dailybooth, which helps me document my journey through attaining dreadlocks (which I suppose I could do here, instead, and eliminate another site). I kept neopets for the games, which could honestly be replaced by meditation to relieve stress. I don't /need/ neopets. It doesn't bring me happiness, per say, just a way to turn off my brain for a while. I don't /need/ to document how my hair changes either, but it brings me happiness, so I keep it.
What I'm worried about, is if I'm not going to learn anything about necessity while I still live a privileged life. I don't have to worry about going in debt from college. For the next three years, and the past year, I won't have to worry about money at all, basically, because my parents have insured that I can live debt-free. It was my choice to want to get a job.
But things like clothes. I already shop at thrift stores, fine, which is a far cry better than getting my clothes at the mall (both for my wallet and the earth). But if I limited myself to making all of my clothes (including my underclothes), is that the only way I'd learn about what I truly need and don't need?
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, but I wanted to try and get it out anyway. Maybe if it's out there somewhere, someone will find it and be able to make sense of it for me.
I want to live a life one day where my only possessions are the things I need, so that I can have time freed up to focus on my own happiness. I truly believe that having a lot of "stuff" inhibits this.
So, I started with my online life first, where I spend the most of my time. I deleted my facebook. I deleted my blogs. I kept a couple of things, like dailybooth, which helps me document my journey through attaining dreadlocks (which I suppose I could do here, instead, and eliminate another site). I kept neopets for the games, which could honestly be replaced by meditation to relieve stress. I don't /need/ neopets. It doesn't bring me happiness, per say, just a way to turn off my brain for a while. I don't /need/ to document how my hair changes either, but it brings me happiness, so I keep it.
What I'm worried about, is if I'm not going to learn anything about necessity while I still live a privileged life. I don't have to worry about going in debt from college. For the next three years, and the past year, I won't have to worry about money at all, basically, because my parents have insured that I can live debt-free. It was my choice to want to get a job.
But things like clothes. I already shop at thrift stores, fine, which is a far cry better than getting my clothes at the mall (both for my wallet and the earth). But if I limited myself to making all of my clothes (including my underclothes), is that the only way I'd learn about what I truly need and don't need?
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, but I wanted to try and get it out anyway. Maybe if it's out there somewhere, someone will find it and be able to make sense of it for me.
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I've been wanting to take a series of pictures of myself, something along the lines of "self-discovery" and appreciating how I look in any situation: smiling, frowning, crying, etc. I don't really know why, I just think it'd be a cool project.
So, yes. Here's to coming on DeviantArt more often for inspirationz and such like.
(I also require a new digital camera, as mine likes to die on me and show me a pixelated screen of death whenever I try and use it.)
So, yes. Here's to coming on DeviantArt more often for inspirationz and such like.(I also require a new digital camera, as mine likes to die on me and show me a pixelated screen of death whenever I try and use it.)
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